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ABC News
ABC News
13 Nov 2024
ABC News


President-elect Donald Trump was greeted with a standing ovation from House Republicans at his first stop back in Washington on Wednesday.

"It's nice to win," Trump said as he took the stage at the conference's internal meeting at the Hyatt Regency near the Capitol.

Ahead of his arrival, House Speaker Mike Johnson celebrated Trump as the "comeback king."

Trump smiled and shook Johnson's hand and other top GOP brass on stage, including Rep. Elise Stefanik, who has been named as Trump's U.S ambassador to the United Nations.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks before President-elect Donald Trump arrives to meet the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington.
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The meeting comes as Republicans inch closer to a majority in the House. While ABC News has not yet projected which party will control the chamber, Republicans are two seats away from the threshold with a dozen races still undecided.

House Republicans took an early victory lap as they came back to town Tuesday for the lame-duck session, saying they are prepared to enact Trump’s agenda on Day 1 of his administration come January.

"I just want to thank everybody," Trump told the room. "You've been incredible. We worked with a lot of you to get you in, and you helped me, and you helped me too."

The friendly atmosphere comes ahead of Trump's sit-down with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, a return of a White House tradition that Trump flouted in 2020.

President-elect Donald Trump arrives prior to meeting with President Joe Biden and members of Congress in Washington, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Nov. 13, 2024.
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Elon Musk, (2nd from L) arrives alongside members of President-elect Donald Trump's staff on November 13, 2024, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
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Trump landed at Joint Base Andrews for the first time since leaving office in January 2021 flanked by billionaire Elon Musk, a sign of some of the new faces that may dominate Trump's orbit in his second term.

This is Trump’s first public appearance since his speech in the early hours after Election Day. He’s since huddled at Mar-a-Lago, where he’s been rolling out picks for Cabinet roles and other administration positions.

Musk has been weighing in on the decisions, ABC News previously reported.

On Tuesday, Trump announced Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would lead a what he's calling a new "Department of Government Efficiency” to provide outside guidance on reforming federal agencies and cutting government “waste.”